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Colourism in the South Asian Community: The Many Shades of Prejudice

Social ideals of beauty come in and out of fashion but what doesn’t go out of fashion is embracing yourself. Your skin holds centuries of...

Abisha Jegatheeswaran

1 min

Matter

We are constantly queried on our ‘actual’ ethnic origin, as just ‘British’ is not solely accepted as our identity.

Questioning Traditions: “That’s Just the Way It Is”

Mayu Sriranjan

4 min

Questioning Traditions: “That’s Just the Way It Is”

As a teacher of philosophy and religion, questioning is at the heart of everything I teach. Do we need laws to guide our morality?

Academic Pressures: “93%?! What happened to the other 7 marks?"

Apoorva Vijay

5 min

Academic Pressures: “93%?! What happened to the other 7 marks?"

Healthy competition is always encouraged to bring out the best in yourself, but at what point does it destroy your self-confidence?

What is it About Marriage that Makes Young British Asians Say ‘Let’s Change the Topic?’

balraj921

4 min

What is it About Marriage that Makes Young British Asians Say ‘Let’s Change the Topic?’

We can all agree that Asian weddings are too expensive - till death do us part or till debt do us part.

Why are Young British Asians Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement

balraj921

6 min

Why are Young British Asians Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement

Why wouldn’t you support the movement? Why wouldn’t you want to fight for equality?

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Young British Asians

balraj921

6 min

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Young British Asians

Every single person has a mental health, just as we do a physical health and I'd personally like to see the conversation shifted to...

Honey, I'm Home... Sexism and Inequality in South Asian Households

cherylantonettefrancis

8 min

Honey, I'm Home... Sexism and Inequality in South Asian Households

Thinking that’s the way the world is and oppressing your daughter as opposed to your son makes you part of the problem.

Growing Up with Learning Disabilities in the South Asian Community

jathushaa

5 min

Growing Up with Learning Disabilities in the South Asian Community

This feeling of humiliation stemmed from the toxic views in our South Asian community that having a learning disability was taboo.

Bottle of Grief: How I’ve Learnt to Cope with Loss

Nishani Jeyapalan

7 min

Bottle of Grief: How I’ve Learnt to Cope with Loss

I had completely caged my grief and shoved it to the back of my mind, and a few dark thoughts later, I knew I had to do something about it.

Lakshan Chitrakumaran

3 min

The Value of Embracing Shame

Your shame tends to stem from a belief somewhere inside you - a belief about the scope of your abilities

Dating Outside Your Race: The Survival Guide

Thuriga

5 min

Dating Outside Your Race: The Survival Guide

My greatest challenge thus far has been breaking out of Tamil traditions to date a white guy.

How We Can Beat the Stigma of Mental Health

Shiri

4 min

How We Can Beat the Stigma of Mental Health

Sadly what I often get is "but why do you feel like this?". Trust me, if I knew the answer to that, I would have already solved it.

Shiri

3 min

Am I ovary-reacting?

What I don’t understand is why, as Tamils we celebrate initially getting periods. Only, from then onwards, it suddenly becomes a ...

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